December 2, 2025|
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|2 days agoOECD Praises Swiss Integration of Immigrants, But Highlights Gender Gaps
A new OECD study commends Switzerland for its successful integration of immigrants, noting a high employment rate of 77%. However, the report calls for action to improve labor market integration for immigrant women. This comes as new data shows two-thirds of deportation orders from 2024 have been completed.
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- A new OECD study commends Switzerland for its successful integration of immigrants.
- Immigrants in Switzerland are generally well-educated and make significant efforts to learn a national language.
- Three-quarters of immigrants in Switzerland arrived as a result of the EU's free movement of persons policy.
- The OECD study was commissioned by the Swiss State Secretariat for Migration (SEM).
- Swiss courts ordered 2,446 expulsions in 2024.
By The Numbers
77%
Employment rate of immigrants in Switzerland
69%
Enforcement rate of 2024 expulsion orders by mid-2025
73%
Enforcement rate of 2023 expulsion orders by mid-2024
40%
Percentage of expelled individuals from EU/EFTA states
They Said
"The integration of immigrants is working well in Switzerland."
"Action needs to be taken on the integration of women, who find it harder than men to gain a foothold in the labour market."